Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 22:25:56 +0100 From: Mervyn Hartwig <mh-AT-jaspere.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: BHA: Fwd: [commonweal] FW: US plans death camp-Bishops and politics No, I hadn't heard, but it seems only too likely, alas - entirely in keeping with their whole approach to the problem of terrorism. Mervyn In message <5.0.0.25.2.20030603090926.009eb200-AT-mail1.gannon.edu>, Richard Moodey <moodey001-AT-mail1.gannon.edu> writes >LIst, > >Has anyone on the list read about any other evidence for such plans? > >Dick > >>The Courier Mail (Australia) >>http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6494000%255E4 >>01,00.html >> >>May 26, 2003 >> >>THE US has floated plans to turn Guantanamo Bay into a death camp, with its >>own death row and execution chamber. >> >>Prisoners would be tried, convicted and executed without leaving its >>boundaries, without a jury and without right of appeal, The Mail on Sunday >>newspaper reported yesterday. The plans were revealed by Major-General >>Geoffrey Miller, who is in charge of 680 suspects from 43 countries, >>including two Australians. >> >>The suspects have been held at Camp Delta on Cuba without charge for 18 >>months. >> >>General Miller said building a death row was one plan. Another was to have a >>permanent jail, with possibly an execution chamber. >> >>The Mail on Sunday reported the move is seen as logical by the US, which has >>been attacked worldwide for breaching the Geneva Convention on prisoners of >>war since it established the camp at a naval base to hold alleged terrorists >>from Afghanistan. >> >>But it has horrified human rights groups and lawyers representing detainees. >> >>They see it as the clearest indication America has no intention of falling >>in line with internationally recognised justice. >> >>The US has already said detainees would be tried by tribunals, without >>juries or appeals to a higher court. Detainees will be allowed only US >>lawyers. >> >>British activist Stephen Jakobi, of Fair Trials Abroad, said: "The US is >>kicking and screaming against any pressure to conform with British or any >>other kind of international justice." >> >>American law professor Jonathan Turley, who has led US civil rights group >>protests against the military tribunals planned to hear cases at Guantanamo >>Bay, said: "It is not surprising the authorities are building a death row >>because they have said they plan to try capital cases before these >>tribunals. >> >>"This camp was created to execute people. The administration has no interest >>in long-term prison sentences for people it regards as hard-core >>terrorists." >> >>Britain admitted it had been kept in the dark about the plans. >> >>A Downing St spokesman said: "The US Government is well aware of the British >>Government's position on the death penalty." >> >>privacy Queensland Newspapers >> >>--- >>Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >>Version: 6.0.483 / Virus Database: 279 - Release Date: 5/19/03 >> >>--- >>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >>Version: 6.0.483 / Virus Database: 279 - Release Date: 5/19/03 >> >> >> >>------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> >>Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. >>http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/r.ewlB/TM >>---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> >> >>To Post a message, send it to: commonweal-AT-yahoogroups.com >>To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: >>commonweal-unsubscribe-AT-yahoogroups.com >> >>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- -- Mervyn Hartwig Editor, Journal of Critical Realism 13 Spenser Road Herne Hill London SE24 0NS mh-AT-jaspere.demon.co.uk 020 7 737 2892 --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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